Pirated: a post asian perspective

Artists:   Kathy Aoki  Michael Arcega  Curtis Choy  Derek Chung  Gloria G. Galang  Donna Keiko Ozawa  Indigo Som  Stephanie Syjuco thuy tran  Scott Tsuchitani Mel Vera Cruz  Lauren M. Wong  |   About Pirated Curators Main

LAUREN M. WONG

Bio

LAUREN M. WONG works primarily in drawing and digital media to search her subconscious nightmares and transform them into concrete perceptions of her surroundings. Ms. Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She pursued her education in fine arts at San Francisco School of the Arts High School (SOTA). Later, she received a bachelor's degree in Studio Art at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Ms. Wong has worked under the direction of artists Sol LeWitt, Seyed Alavi, and Rigo 99. Her most recent series Manifestation of Consciousness was featured in the group exhibition, Seeing Life, at the Canvas Gallery. Currently, Ms. Wong is creating several other projects, including work that will be accessible online.

Project Statement In the American pop-culture landscape, shallow portrayals of Asian- American women are consumed by the masses. Carbon copies of the same stereotypes continue to resurface in a vicious cycle of misconception. The physical body is merely a blank canvas for the popular imagination. To confront these manufactured images is a way of understanding how the individual self is affected. Invisibility becomes the product of stolen identity.

Have you heard the good news?, 2004, ink on digital print. Exhibited, but not pictured: Loyalty, honor, and justice are at the tip of a blade, 2005, ink on digital print, 16” x 20”; and Rice-rocket’s heavy bass is music to my ears, 2005, ink on digital print, 16” x 20”. Click thumbnail to view larger image.